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ASUS M3N78-AM/C/SI motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX vs GIGABYTE GA-M52L-S3P Socket AM2 ATX

36specifications compared
17differ
19identical
15known for one product only

Key differences

Number of memory slots
- M3N78-AM/C/SI motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:2
- GA-M52L-S3P Socket AM2 ATX:4
Maximum internal memory
- M3N78-AM/C/SI motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:8 GB
- GA-M52L-S3P Socket AM2 ATX:16 GB
RAID levels
- M3N78-AM/C/SI motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD
- GA-M52L-S3P Socket AM2 ATX:0, 1
USB 2.0 connectors
- M3N78-AM/C/SI motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:3
- GA-M52L-S3P Socket AM2 ATX:2
Number of SATA connectors
- M3N78-AM/C/SI motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:4
- GA-M52L-S3P Socket AM2 ATX:2
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- M3N78-AM/C/SI motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:6
- GA-M52L-S3P Socket AM2 ATX:4
PS/2 ports quantity
- M3N78-AM/C/SI motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:1
- GA-M52L-S3P Socket AM2 ATX:2
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity
- M3N78-AM/C/SI motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX:1
- GA-M52L-S3P Socket AM2 ATX:0

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Comparison of M3N78-AM/C/SI, GA-M52L-S3P
51 specifications	A ASUS M3N78-AM/C/SI motherboard Socket AM2 micro ATX Model M3N78-AM/C/SI View product	B GIGABYTE GA-M52L-S3P Socket AM2 ATX Model GA-M52L-S3P View product
Memory2 differ
Number of memory slotsDiffers	2	4
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	Non-ECC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	8 GB	16 GB
Storage controllers1 differ
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD	0, 1
Graphicsidentical
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one	512 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O2 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	3	2
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	4	2
Number of chassis fan connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Rear panel I/O ports4 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	6	4
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	1	2
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers	1	0
Headphone outputsDiffers	1	6
COM ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Serial ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Network2 differ
LAN controllerDiffers	Realtek RTL8211CL	Realtek RTL8201CL
Networking featuresDiffers	Gigabit LAN	Gigabit Ethernet
Features2 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffers	micro ATX	ATX
Audio chipKnown for one	Realtek ALC662	Unknown — not stated by the source
Audio output channelsDiffers	5.1 channels	7.1 channels
Expansion slots2 differ
PCI Express x1 slotsDiffers	1	2
PCI slotsDiffers	2	4
BIOSidentical
BIOS typeKnown for one	AMI	Unknown — not stated by the source
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	64 Mbit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers	244 mm	305 mm
DepthDiffers	218 mm	215 mm
Packaging contentidentical
Drivers includedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Graphics controllerKnown for one	NVIDIA GeForce	Unknown — not stated by the source
Manageability featuresKnown for one	DMI v2.0, Wfm2.0, ACPI v2.0A, smbios V2.5, CrashFree BIOS 3, EZ FLASH 2, My logo2(256 color)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Controller 2nd interface typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	IDE
Controller interface typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	SATA
Audio outputKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek ALC883

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